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pannic attack or heart prob ??

  • by Aztec
  • 2007-12-11 01:12:58
  • ICDs
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hi all, iam 46yrs had cardiomyopthy all my life its been controled by meds inderal 60mgs a day, well my doc changed my meds lastyear to tropel 50mgs a day since then i had my first in 20yrs i started meds when i was 20 , panic attack or heart defib ? i got short of breath sweating real bad blacking out allmost while driving...so i tell my doc she says put in a defib ok its in now 3 months i get my attack again i get shocked at 188 BPM GO BACK TO THE DOCS THEY RAISE IT TO 200 BPM, with pacing at...

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eye glasses & PM

HI Guys,
I experience some sort of burning twtches & slight pain when I put my metal rimed eye glasses in shirt poicket above pace maker doctors cannot explain this . I have a "Neway "VDDR, Sorin PM. Has anyone experienced this effect? Keep well allyou paccers.

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strep throat

Okay, I've had a few colds since getting my pm. (in fact my husband asked last time I had one when I was going to get better. I told him May.) The joys with working with kids. You'd think I'd be a bit more immune by now after 10 years but working with differnt grades each year it's togh. (this year I'm in kindergarten. A big germ factory no matter how much dissefecting we try to do) well. Friday night my throught stated getting sore. I thought, great another cold. Saturday I work up feeling awfu...

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IT'S COLD AND FREEZING.....

HI EVERYONE, I am home alone.... it is thundering freezing rain! I hate the freezing rain.... Anyone else out there in the Midwest sitting home alone with this awful freezing rain? It is about 1.2 inches of frozen rain right now....
Pacergirl
p.s. did I mention I hate the freezing rain?

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help please

hello all of you sister (and brother) pm'rs. tis that time of year and i have come down with the big bad cold. am feeling generally rotten from it but am afraid to really take any meds because of the pm. aside from the obvious, call the dr, which i cant do, any suggestions. i would really appreciate the help. thanks in advance,

pat

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Hi Amanda

Hi Amanda!
I was just in chat but missed you Im going back in a min.
Kay

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Anyone round for a chat

I am going to chat room for a while. It is 7.14am here in Australia. Anyone want to give me thir time in America so I can get a handle on the time difference Cheers

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X Box 360

This might sound a bit crazy, but, I know we have some game playing people on here. I bought an X Box 360 and was wondering if anyone here has XBox Live and would like to play some time. I just have a couple of games like; Halo 3 and Virtua Tennis 3. If your interested in playing with me or others, lets get together. Future games I'm buying; Tiger Woods 2008. I hope this doesn't sound too young for some of you. I'm just trying to get closer to all my pacing buddies here at the Club. God b...

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exhaustion & sleep apnea

I had a medtronic pacemaker installed about 2 years ago for SSS. Within weeks following I felt an increased level of exhaustion. In bringing it up to my doctor he felt it was depression and started me on effexor. That didn't help and the exhaustion continued to the point that I'd become practically dysfunctional in my job...memory loss, lack of concentration, no enthusiasm. I brought myself off the effexor last summer and with continued complaints to the doctor about listlessness, was given a te...

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OZ members!

Billie ;-) There are 20 members listed for OZ!
Good luck,
Pacergirl ;-)

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Symphony 2550 problems

!st time here and am impressed with the site. This is my 2nd pm and as with the 1st and having problems. My problems is atril fib from the begining with the 1st pm.The pm kept me at 70 beats so I could take Rythmol. Without the pm my normal was 58. Rythmol drove me down to 42. After two years on the 1st pm they turned off the flywheel and I had no more problems.
With this pm they had the sensors at first at 9. then 7, then 5, then 3 and finally they turned off sensors. Still not right. I mi...

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hello

any one up to chatting ?

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Anyone for Chat

Anyone up for Chat??????

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Looking for Contact

Hi Pacers

My husband and I and the dog, Monni(cocker spaniel) are embarking on a round Australia trip in April, by car. Taking us where we fancy. We desperately need a break from the stress we have encountered over the last few years. Our first stop will be with Rewired Aussie. I was wondering if there are any other Aussies out there who belong to this club. I would love to meet you for a cuppa at your local bakery or such in your town as I pass through. It will give me great co...

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allan(41) Edinburgh Atenol

Just a quick not to let people know I am ok had my 2 month check up and since my 1st pacemaker implantation october 10th 2007 i have got my afib down to under 1% THANKS TO ATENOL.It seems to help and my technician reported to me that of my 8 episodes of afib in past month none lasted longer than 3 seconds and that they dont want to see me for another year.

well fingers crossed maybe i can forget about it while and get on with my life which is what we all want to do really.

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Trouble sleeping?

Hello Again Everyone,

OK, sorry guys, I have to address this question to the ladies, however, if you gentlemen would like to respond I would like to hear as well.

Question:

Do you have problems sleeping, i.e., laying on your side, either side, back, I think the stomach we all know would be out of the question.

Since getting my PM this past Aug. I find it difficult at times to get comfortable.


Thank you,
Casey Jo
PS
I u...

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Anyone ever experience this?

Hi guys!
Haven't posted a question in awhile, but have been having some problems in the last week, so "I'm Back!!!".
Some past history- Medtronic Dual Chamber PM implanted 10/1/07. Have been having lots of problem with "feeling the PM pace". This has been documented as I'm wearing an event monitor which revealed "fusion beats" and the addition of PAC's sometimes 3-4 in a row. Seems I feel worse when I'm pacing in the atrium and ventricle, then of course sprinkle in the PAC's an...

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What's up with people born in 1966?

Okay,
In my opinion this is getting a bit odd. I have been looking at members profiles. It appears that there are a lot of us born in 1966. Myself included. So if I think we should start a 66 club. It would be cool.

Let me know what you think.

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Anxiety

I have had my ICD for about six years now (I had it implanted at 16 and am now 22), and have experienced some anxiety in the past but never as bad as on this past Friday evening. As many of you know, panic attacks are frightfully similar to heart-related episodes (so much so that I cannot tell the difference, and I've definitely had both), and so while it very well may have been my cardiomyopathy acting up, I'm skeptical because I don't believe my heartrate was elevated enough for me to get defi...

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What do you do?

Hello all! My name is Michael Schaap and I am new to this group. Actually, I think I posted a few times when I got my unit. Here's the question.... what do you do when your defib unit goes off? I am VERY CONFUSED as to what to do.

Last Wensday I had what I thougth was the flu. Came home with body aches, chills, shacking, sweating like crazy, you know the symtoms. Crawled into bed and fell asleep. Then what happened is I thought my defib unit fired. Heard the big BOOM and wok...

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